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UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEIoE.

HENRY C. SMITH, 0F CLEVELAND, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO ANSON SMITH, OF SAME PLAGE.

WASHING-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 27,870, dated April 10, 1860.

To all 'whom fit may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY C. SMITH, of Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and Statev of Ohio, have invented a new and use ful Improvement in Vashing-Machines; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and complete description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, in which- Figure l is a front view; Fig. 2 is a side view, and-Figs. 3 and A, are sectional views of the machine.

Like figures and letters refer to like parts in the said drawings.

In Fig. l, A, A, A, a, c, represent a frame of wood or iron, and of suitable size to receive between the side posts, a washing tub of about 24 inches diameter and about l5 inches in height.

The tub B is placed within the frame upon a block C, twelve inches square which is securely fastened to the bottom of the tub. A bolt or pivot D extending downward from the bottom the block, allows the tub to receive a rotary motion without changing its position in the frame.

The inside of the tub at the bottom, is furnished with raised flutes diverging from a common center to the outer edge as seen in Fig. 3, which shows the bottom of the tub.

The rubber D Fig. 4, consists of a circular plate of iron, or wood, which is of a suitable size to be placed within the tub, and is fluted on the under side to correspond with the bottom of the tub. This circular plate is suspended within the tub by the standard E Fig. l, which fits into notches e, in the cross bars (n, a, Fig. l, and can be raised or lowered at pleasure.

A lever F Fig. 2 is fastened to a block G at the bottom of the frame by means of a bolt, or hinge, which allows of a free motion described.

of the lever. Also an iron rod H connects the lever with the outside of the tub by means of iron staples in the lever and in the tub. By swinging the lever from side to side, a gyratory motion alternately from right to left is communicated to the tub, while the rubber, which is suspended within the tub by means of the standard E, Fig. l, is prevented from turning, by the notches in the cross bars c, c.. The rubber can be raised from within the tub, by Sliding the standard E upward in the notches; or, it can be removed from above the tub by means of hinge joints in the side posts as seen at I Fig. 2, which allow of the upper portion of the frame, with the rubber attached thereto, to be thrown back in a horizontal position which removes the rubber from above the tub, whenever desired.

Clothing to be washed is placed in hot suds at the bottom of the tub, and spread over it to the depth of 2 or more inches. The rubber is then lowered into the tub. The open notches in the cross bars ce, a', allows entire weight of the rubber to press upon the clothing. The tub is then put into 1notion by means of the lever, and washes the clothing in a superior style. The gyratory motion of the tub allows the rubber to rise or fall to accommodate itself to the thickness of the clothing within the tub.

I/hat I claim as my improvement and desire to secure by Letters Patent is- So arranging the tub that it may be actuated by means applied to its side as herein set forth in connection with a rubber that may be adjusted vertically and so connected to the frame of the machine as to allow of its being turned out from the tub as herein H. C. SMITH. IVitnesses:

J. BRAINERD,

S. H. MARTIN. 

